[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Clarkstown 4-3-1974 by L.L. No. 2-1974 as Ch. 44 of the 1974
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Explosives — See Ch. 136.
The Town Board of the Town of Clarkstown, being
fully cognizant of the fact that considerable damage has been done
to the property of residents of the Town of Clarkstown, and being
also aware of the limited confines of areas within the Town of Clarkstown
and the close proximity thereto of residential and other structures
and property inhabited and used by residents of the town, and being
further aware that the use of firearms in the town is a matter affecting
the public health, safety and welfare, which should be subject to
control by the Town of Clarkstown, intends by the enactment of this
chapter to regulate the discharge of firearms within the Town of Clarkstown.
No person shall, except in self-defense and
when reasonably necessary for the protection of life or property,
fire or discharge or cause to be fired or discharged any pistol, rifle,
shotgun or any type of firearm with the boundaries of the Town of
Clarkstown.
A.
The prohibitions contained in this chapter shall not
apply to any officer of law while engaged in the protection of the
safety of the people of the State of New York, nor shall they apply
to a member or guest of a gun club engaged in any shooting upon such
gun club premises, which, except for this chapter, is permitted by
law.
B.
In all other instances, the Town Board may, upon written
request, adopt a resolution granting permission for other shooting
activities.
[Added 10-13-1976 by L.L. No. 9-1976]
[Amended 4-28-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable
by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding fifteen (15) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions
of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense if continued,
a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
Nothing contained in § 140-4 of this chapter shall prevent the Town Board of the Town of Clarkstown from maintaining an action or proceeding in the name of the town in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or restrain by injunction the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder.
